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NoBozo · 03-24-2012, 06:56 PM

This is NO PT Boat. This was a Hudson River "Ride Boat" masquerading as a PT Boat...capable of maybe 25 MPH.

The original US PT Boats had three (3) Packard 4M-2500 ..1200 HP engines. (Total 3600 HP) The last and most well known were the Elco 80 footers. Next were the older Higgins 77 footers. Just sayin.

NB

PS: I observed the restoration of one of the last 80' Elcos in the 1980s. . It is currently at the Fall River Battleship Cove in Fall River, Mass. It has 3 original Packards.

PPS: I live 1.5 miles from the WWII PT Training Base in Melville, RI.

03-24-2012, 06:56 PM	#5
NoBozo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Portsmouth. RI Posts: 2,231 Thanks: 400 Thanked 460 Times in 308 Posts	Listen Up Men This is NO PT Boat. This was a Hudson River "Ride Boat" masquerading as a PT Boat...capable of maybe 25 MPH. The original US PT Boats had three (3) Packard 4M-2500 ..1200 HP engines. (Total 3600 HP) The last and most well known were the Elco 80 footers. Next were the older Higgins 77 footers. Just sayin. NB PS: I observed the restoration of one of the last 80' Elcos in the 1980s. . It is currently at the Fall River Battleship Cove in Fall River, Mass. It has 3 original Packards. PPS: I live 1.5 miles from the WWII PT Training Base in Melville, RI.